A marriage certificate issued by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865.

A marriage certificate issued by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865.

Transcription:

By authority vested in me by the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees,Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, acting in pursuance of the law of Congress Act,March 3rd 1865,I have united in matrimonyMr Peter Thompson [illegible]Miss Maria Hall [illegible]

Done at Gratitude Plantation[?]Parish of West Feliciana State of La.,this 28th day of January 1867